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+[nosetests]
+# NOTE(jkoelker) To run the test suite under nose install the following
+#                coverage http://pypi.python.org/pypi/coverage
+#                tissue http://pypi.python.org/pypi/tissue (pep8 checker)
+#                openstack-nose https://github.com/jkoelker/openstack-nose
+verbosity=2
+detailed-errors=1
+with-coverage=1
+cover-package=openstack.common
+cover-html=1
+cover-inclusive=1
+with-tissue=1
+tissue-repeat=1
+tissue-show-pep8=1
+tissue-show-source=1
+tissue-inclusive=1
+tissue-color=1
+with-openstack=1
+openstack-red=0.05
+openstack-yellow=0.025
+openstack-show-elapsed=1
+openstack-color=1
+